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drag

/ drag /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the act of dragging (pulling with force)
"the drag up the hill exhausted him"
Type of:
pull pulling
Derived:
haul hale cart
verb Sense 2
pull, as against a resistance
"He dragged the big suitcase behind him"
"These worries were dragging at him"
Type of:
pull draw force
Kinds of:
shlep schlep pull along trail train
Derived:
puller tugger dragger
See also:
embroil tangle sweep sweep up drag in
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 3
to lag or linger behind
"But in so many other areas we still are dragging"
Type of:
lag dawdle fall back
Derived:
dawdler drone laggard lagger trailer
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 4
move slowly and as if with great effort
Type of:
travel go move
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 5
persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
"He dragged me away from the television set"
Type of:
persuade
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
verb Sense 6
proceed for an extended period of time
"The speech dragged on for two hours"
Type of:
proceed go
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
noun Sense 7
the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
Type of:
resistance
Kinds of:
sonic barrier sound barrier windage
noun Sense 8
something that slows or delays progress
"taxation is a drag on the economy"
"too many laws are a drag on the use of new land"
Type of:
hindrance deterrent impediment
noun Sense 9
something tedious and boring
"peeling potatoes is a drag"
Type of:
tediousness tedium tiresomeness
Domain:
colloquialism
noun Sense 10
clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women''s clothing when worn by a man)
"he went to the party dressed in drag"
"the waitresses looked like missionaries in drag"
Type of:
clothing article of clothing vesture
verb Sense 11
use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu
"drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen"
Type of:
move displace
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 12
walk without lifting the feet
Type of:
shuffle scuffle shamble
Derived:
scuff scuffer
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 13
search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
Type of:
search seek look for
Derived:
dredge
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 14
suck in or take (air)
"draw a deep breath"
"draw on a cigarette"
Type of:
inhale inspire breathe in
Derived:
puff pull
Entails:
smoke
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
noun Sense 15
a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
"he took a puff on his pipe"
"he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly"
Type of:
inhalation inspiration aspiration
Kinds of:
toke
Has parts:
smoke smoking
Derived:
puff draw whiff
verb Sense 16
draw slowly or heavily
"haul stones"
"haul nets"
Type of:
pull draw force
Kinds of:
bowse bouse
Derived:
puller tugger dragger trawler draw
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 17
force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
"They were swept up by the events"
"don''t drag me into this business"
Type of:
involve
Derived:
imbroglio embroilment
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
17
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
87
Times Searched
4
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Related Words

pull pulling draw force shlep schlep pull along trail train lag dawdle fall back